Photos: Deadly Flooding in Japan

Days of torrential rainfall in central Japan have led to extensive flooding and mudslides, leaving as many as 58 people dead so far. Rivers that overflowed their banks have swept away bridges and roads, cutting off communities and making it difficult for rescue workers to reach many areas. Emergency crews are now working against the clock, trying to find people who may still be trapped.


An aerial view shows damage after flooding caused by torrential rain in Kumamura, Japan, on July 8, 2020. #
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A car stands on its nose after being upended by floodwaters after the nearby Kuma River burst its banks, on July 5, 2020, in Hitoyoshi, Japan. #
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The Kuma River overflows its banks, due to heavy rainfall in Hitoyoshi, Japan, on July 4, 2020. #
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 A rail line lies undercut and covered in debris after being hit by floodwater when the nearby Kuma River burst its banks, on July 5, 2020 in Hitoyoshi. #

 Part of a bridge taken out by flooding is visible in a hard-hit area in Hitoyoshi on July 4, 2020. #
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Houses lie damaged and buried in mud after a landslide caused by torrential rain, on July 6, 2020, in Ashikita, Japan. #
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Damaged houses are seen in Hitoyoshi on July 7, 2020. #
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 A parking area is covered in debris after the nearby Kuma River burst its banks, on July 5, 2020, in Hitoyoshi. #
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 A broken bridge is pictured after floods caused by torrential rain, in Kumamura, Japan, on July 8, 2020. #
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A resident reacts in the rain as he helps to remove debris from his friend's home in the flooded city of Hitoyoshi on July 7, 2020. #
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An aerial view shows the words "rice, water, SOS" spelled out on the ground in the flood-ravaged Kuma village on July 5, 2020. #
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Residents are rescued by Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers in Kuma on July 5, 2020. #
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People rest at a temporary evacuation center using cardboard to maintain social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak, at a gymnasium in Yatsushiro, on July 7, 2020. #
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Cars drive along a flood-damaged street on July 5, 2020, in Hitoyoshi. #
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Rescue workers search for missing people at a landslide site in Tsunagi, on July 7, 2020. #
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Bicycles are covered in reeds and debris after the nearby Kuma River burst its banks, on July 5, 2020, in Hitoyoshi. #
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A man sits outside the house of his aunt, who died during the flooding, in Yatsushiro, on July 8, 2020. #
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A house is washed away after a landslide due to heavy rain in Ashikita, on July 4, 2020. #
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A man walks by a collapsed road in Kuma on July 7, 2020. #
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Workers survey the devastation following days of heavy rain and flooding in the village of Kuma on July 8, 2020. #
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People clean up a damaged building after flooding in Hitoyoshi on July 8, 2020. #
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A woman stands in a house damaged by flooding in Hitoyoshi on July 5, 2020. #
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